It's ordered

[Eaglez]

APEVIA X-TROOPER Series X-TRP-RD Black / Red Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case- $55.99 w/ 10 dollar rebate

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive- 59.99 (refurbished)

OCZ ZT Series 750W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply - 84.99

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM - FREE w/ PSU

Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model- 35.99 w rebate

MSI Twin Frozr 7950- 314.99 w/ rebate

2500k i5- 159.99

ASrock z77 Extreme4 - 84.99 with processor (microcenter)


grand total is 830 bucks! Just ordered it, just wanted to hear some input cuz I'm gonna be ready!

[Rbstr]

The 750w is probably a considerable amount of over kill.

I wouldn't say you've done anything stupid, though.

[Eaglez]

Lol, I know it's overkill now, but in the future when it gets cheap ill crossfire them.

[Vancha]

I wish there was some way of knowing what percentage of the people who bought different PSUs/Mobos/GPUs to accommodate future Crossfire/SLi actually ended up getting the second GPU...

[Eaglez]

well even if there is a slight chance, I would rather have that open to me. Plus, i got a free DVD drive and it was only 85 bucks for fully modular. I can't complain :)

[Deadeye]

It never seems it's worth SLIing unless you're willing to spend $1000 on GPUs because unless you SLI the latest and greatest now, you're going to be beaten when the next gen comes out the next year.

For instance, I bought a 560TI 2GB for the computer I had built by Cyberpower with the idea of SLIing in the future but today I just pulled the trigger on The Galaxy GTX670 GC custom. It's times like this that make me wonder if it's even worth SLIing or Crossfiring at all.

[Eaglez]

It depends on the time I guess. I was going to go with a 500W PSU, but they were only 10 dollars cheaper. The one I got was on special for 85 w/ free dvd burner drive. I would rather have the ability to later if it came down to it.

HOPEFULLY I can get all the parts this Friday so I can be up and running by the time the beta starts for us twitter key users :)

[Goku]

Looks good! 2500K is still a great processor if you don't care for the features that IB brought on board. Only part you are missing out on really is the PCI-e 3.0 and the slower IPC should be made up with a better overclock.

I have that exact 7950. I got the core to 1150MHz and its a noticeable jump in any game I play.

I was concerned that case didn't have proper air flow, but I was way off. Looks like a damn wind tunnel almost.

[Eaglez]

From what everyone has told me, the 2500k is the best processor for gaming. Plus, I was able to drive a few hours and pick up the processor with the extreme4 for 240 bucks total!

The case should definitely cool the system off well. I really hope I made the right choice with the 7950, since I kind of jumped the gun before the 660ti. Hopefully the overclocking ability is able to beat it.

With a good overclock on the CPU and the GPU, I am hoping to run PS2 on high or ultra!

Also, I am looking for a good monitor. Currently I have a 22 inch acer with a max resolution of 1600x800

Do you think this monitor will work well enough? It is cheap for a 24 inch, but there isn't much on reviews and such on the web

http://www.walmart.com/ip/V7-LED236W3R-8N/20977088?srccode=cii_9324560&cpncode=33-69565806-2&adid=1500000000000036337730&veh=cse#Product+Reviews